CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Parents save children unable to get out of pool surging with electricity

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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Parents save children unable to get out of pool surging with electricity

WARNING: Some may find the surveillance video graphic

HIALEAH, Fla. — It was a close call for a group of children playing in a swimming pool. Surveillance video shows the moments they were shocked by electricity.

Three minutes of video captured children unable to escape the pool when it becomes electrically charged. The incident happened last month and now Florida police are releasing the video to expose the danger.

A preliminary investigation pointed to unconnected ground wires in the pool pump house. Just last year, the pool passed a 40-year inspection. It also passed two health department inspections — both with requirements that the pool be up to electrical code.

The pool remains closed and drained, and some doubt it will ever be crowded again.